Background
Khachatoorian, Haig Nmn Son of Hmayag Nmn and Tamara Nmn Khachatoorian.
Khachatoorian, Haig Nmn Son of Hmayag Nmn and Tamara Nmn Khachatoorian.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design with Honors, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1967. Master of Arts in Visual Communication, Academy Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland, 1970. Master of Science in Environmental Psychology, University Surrey, Guildford, England, 1977.
Graphic designer Studio Five, Los Angeles, 1967—1968. Vice president design director Nexus America, Columbus, Ohio, 1984—1985. Loeb fellow Harvard University GSD, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985—1986.
Vice president design director Retail Planning Associates, Columbus, Ohio, 1986—1987. Head, department industrial & graphic design North Carolina State University College Design, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1987—1992, associate dean research, 1992—1993, director Idaho graduate programs, 1993—1999, chair, department industrial design, 1999—2002, professor industrial design, since 2002. Industrial designer Usher Follis, Inc., Los Angeles, 1968—1969.
Fulbright scholar Association of Software Professionals w Krakowie, Krakow, Poland, 1969—1970. Industrial & graphic designer Sasaki Walker Associates, Sausalito, California, 1970—1971. Industrial & exhibit designer Scope Exhibits, San Francisco, 1971—1972.
Visiting professor Bezalel Academy Arts & Design, Jerusalem, 1972—1974. Associate professor architecture Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1974—1978. Associate professor industrial design Ohio State University, Columbus, 1978—1982.
Vice president design director Dave Ellies Industrial Design, 1982—1984. Fulbright scholar USIEF, Jerusalem, 1976. German Academic Exchange Service scholar German Fulbright Program, 1982.
Design consultant KIDP, Seoul & Pusan, Republic of Korea, 1992. Principal Elemento Design, Atlanta, since 2005. Judge, Dreamline competition, Ankara, Turkey, 2006, 2008—2009.
Board member Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, North Carolina, since 2006. Vice president Chapel Hill History Society, 2002—2004. Board member Chapel Hill Museum, 2000—2004.
Vice president American Institute of Graphic Arts, Raleigh, 1990—1992. Member of Human Factors & Ergonomics Society, Industrial Designers Society America (president carolinas chapter 1990-1992), Loeb Fellowship Alumni Association (class representative 2003-2008), Fulbright Association, Phi Kappa Phi (president ncsu chapter).
Married Frances Carrington Gravely, January 4, 1991. 1 child Selena Tamar.